Overseas Only Vinyl Singles & Albums

This section lists 'overseas only' releases
(vinyl singles and albums) and provides details of releases that
differed to the UK issue. Illegal tape only releases from the
Middle East and the Far East are note included.

MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO (Cadet Concept LPS-315) American
version of the "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages" album.
Different sleeve and omitted "Sheila" and "Green Tambourine". Mono
version LP-315.

NOW HERE THIS (Riva RVL 7402) The "Whatever You Want" album re-mixed
for the American market. Released in 1980. Different sleeve.

STATUS QUO (Mercury 836 651-1) Single album released in 1989. Ain't
Complaining / Everytime I Think Of You / In The Army Now / Another
Shipwreck / Rollin' Home (2) / I Know You're Leaving - Rockin' All
Over The World (1988 version 3:30) / Who Gets The Love? / Red Sky /
Cross That Bridge / Magic / Cream Of The Crop.

Split 7" E.P. with one side of Status Quo and one side of the Kinks.
Side 1: Technicolor Dreams / Paradise Flat / Pictures Of Matchstick
Men / Make Me Stay A Bit Longer / Auntie Nellie (Musicdisc MINI - 9)

DOWN DOWN - Little Lady / Over And Done - What To Do (Vertigo 6276
010)

THE BEST OF STATUS QUO (Musicdisc 4.14-404-075) Different back
sleeve.

QUO (Vertigo 6360 106) Different coloured back sleeve.

ON THE LEVEL (Vertigo 6360 117) Black & white back sleeve.

QUOTATIONS VOL.1 - THE BEGINNING (Young 320.7046) Different back
sleeve.

CANADIAN RELEASES

Vertigo recorded material, over 1972-1977, the same as America.

COLUMBIAN RELEASES

Album

12 GOLD BARS (Vertigo 6360 179) Different colour back sleeve.

IN THE ARMY NOW (Vertigo 830049) Different back sleeve.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RELEASES

Album

1+9+8+2 (Supraphon 1113 3267) Issued with band profile inner sleeve
and not released until 1983. The 'XX' on the front cover was grey.

DUTCH RELEASES

Singles

PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN / Ice In The Sun (Re-Issue) (B R Music
45086)

TECHNICOLOR DREAMS / Paradise Flat (Pye 7N-17650)

MEAN GIRL / Technicolor Dreams (Re-Issue) (B R Music 45096)

ROCKERS ROLLIN' / HOLD YOU BACK (Double 'A' side) (Vertigo 6059 193)

LIVING ON AN ISLAND / RUNAWAY (Double 'A' side) (Vertigo 6059 248)

YOUNG PRETENDER / Never Too Late (Vertigo 6000 839)

JEALOUSY / Calling The Shots (Vertigo 6000 871)

ROCK N' ROLL / No Contract (Vertigo 880 525-7)

Albums

THE BEST OF 1972 - 1974 (Vertigo 9279 314) Single album released in
1981. Same track listing as the Australian album "No Thought For
Tomorrow".

LIVE AT THE N.E.C. (Vertigo 818 947-1) Same as the Australian
release.

THE COMPLETE HIT ALBUM (Arcade ADEH/C 166) Double album released in
1985. The Wanderer / Dear John / Down Down / Lies / Rockin' All Over
The World / Mean Girl - Whatever You Want / Hold You Back /
Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Wild Side Of Life / What You're
Proposing / Black Veils Of Melancholy - Roll Over Lay Down / Mystery
Song / Rain / Caroline / Accident Prone / Pictures Of Matchstick Men
- Rock N' Roll / Marguerita Time / Again And Again / Ol' Rag Blues /
Ice In The Sun / Runaway.

GREATEST HITS (Vertigo 826 756-1) Single album released in 1985.
Same track listing as "12 Gold Bars Volume 1".

2 GREAT POP CLASSICS (Vertigo 830 182-1) Double album released in
1987. Same track listing as "12 Gold Bars Volume 1 and 2".

STATUS QUO LIVE (Capital 062-7901971) Single 'live' album released
in 1988. Recorded at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow in October 1976.
Roadhouse Blues / Roll Over Lay Down / Don't Waste My Time -
Backwater / Just Take Me / Forty-Five Hundred Times / Caroline / Big
Fat Mama.

INDIAN RELEASES

Albums

WHATEVER YOU WANT (Vertigo 6360 175) Black & white back sleeve.

12 GOLD BARS (Vertigo 6360 179) Different colour back sleeve.

JUST SUPPOSIN' (Vertigo 6302 057) Different colour back sleeve.

IRISH RELEASES

Singles

TECHNICOLOR DREAMS / Paradise Flat (Pye 7N 17650)

JEALOUSY / Calling The Shots (Vertigo QUO 9)

ISRAELI RELEASES

Single

PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN / Ice In The Sun (Re-Issue) (Piccadilly
RR 4576)

Albums

PILEDRIVER (Vertigo 6360 082) Different back sleeve.

QUO (Vertigo 6360 106) Red back sleeve.

ON THE LEVEL (Vertigo 6360 117) Different back sleeve.

BLUE FOR YOU (Vertigo 6360 128) Different back sleeve.

WHATEVER YOU WANT (Vertigo 6360 175) Black & white back sleeve.

JUST SUPPOSIN' (Vertigo 6302 057) Different back sleeve.

1+9+8+2 (Vertigo 6302 189) Back sleeve band picture in black &
white and the 'XX' on the front cover was light grey.

ROCKING ALL OVER THE YEARS (Vertigo 512 424-1) Different release to
the U.K. issue. Single album issued in 1992. Whatever You Want /
Something 'Bout You Baby I Like / Marguerita Time / Invitation /
Rockin' All Over The World (incorrectly shown as Rockin' All Over
The Years) / 1000 Years - In The Army Now / Wild Side Of Life / The
Wanderer / For You / Burning Bridges / The Anniversary Waltz Part
One.

THE BEST OF STATUS QUO (Teichiku UPS-573-Y) Different track listing
to the U.K. release. Also different back sleeve and included a lyric
sheet insert. Mean Girl / Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Ice In The
Sun / Down The Dustpipe / Spicks And Specks / In My Chair -
Umleitung / Tune To The Music / Gerdundula (2) / (April) Spring
Summer And Wednesdays / Daughter / Spinning Wheel Blues.

TOKYO QUO ( Vertigo RJ-7202) Single 'live' album released in 1977.
Recorded at the Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo on the 17th. November 1976. Is
There A Better Way / Little Lady / Most Of The Time / Rain /
Caroline - Roll Over Lay Down / Big Fat Mama / Don't Waste My Time /
Bye Bye Johnny.

DOG OF TWO HEAD (Orfeon LPI/E-314) Different back sleeve. Released
in 1972.

30 AÑOS DE MÚSICA ROCK (Vertigo 822 306-1) Released in 1984. Same
track listing as "If You Can't Stand The Heat".

NEW ZEALAND RELEASES

Singles

TECHNICOLOR DREAMS / Paradise Flat (Pye 7N 17650)

MAD ABOUT THE BOY / Ease Your Mind (Vertigo 6059 143)

ROCKERS ROLLIN' / Hold You Back (Vertigo 6059 193)

Albums

DOG OF TWO HEAD (Polydor NSPL 18371) Different back sleeve.

STATUS QUO COLLECTION (Vertigo DAR 205) Double album released in
1979. Rockin' All Over The World / Backwater / Don't Waste My Time /
Blue For You / A Reason For Living / Most Of The Time - Again And
Again / Nightride / Blue Eyed Lady / Lonely Man / Rockers Rollin' /
Unspoken Words - Down Down / You Don't Own Me / Don't Think It
Matters / Who Am I / Forty-Five Hundred Times - Rolling Home (1) /
Roadhouse Blues / Drifting Away / For You / Mystery Song / A Year.

TECHNICOLOR DREAMS - Paradise Flat / Ice In The Sun - When My Mind
Is Not Live (Pye PAT 54012)

Albums

ON THE LEVEL (Vertigo 2138) Tracks in a different order. Bye
Bye Johnny / I Saw The Light / Over And Done / Where I Am /
Nightride - Down Down / Broken Man / What To Do / Little Lady / Most
Of The Time.

LIVE AT THE N.E.C. (Vertigo 818 947-1) Same as the Australian
release but did not shown 'At The N.E.C.' on the front sleeve.

SPOTLIGHT ON STATUS QUO - PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (PRT PRP 89) Single album
repackaging of Side 1 & 2 of the "Spotlight
On Status Quo" album issued in 1985.

SPOTLIGHT ON STATUS QUO - MEAN GIRL (PRT PRP 90) Single album
repackaging of Side 3 & 4 of the "Spotlight
On Status Quo" album issued in 1985.

MEAN MEAN STATUS QUO (Pye PYC 3026) Single album. Same track listing
as "The Best Of Status Quo".

BEST OF THE BRITISH INVASION (Pye YEL19) Single album. Same track
listing as the "Golden Hour Of Status Quo".

BLUE FOR YOU (Vertigo 9102 006) Different sleeve design.

STATUS QUO LIVE! (Vertigo DAR 200) Same as the U.K. issue but on
yellow vinyl.

ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD (Truetone STAR 5025) Black & white
back sleeve.

MASTERS OF ROCK (Vertigo SUL 3044) Single album released in 1986.
Same track listing as "12 Gold Bars Vol.1".

THE BEST OF STATUS QUO VOL. ONE (PRT 5009) Single album released in
1987. Down The Dustpipe / In My Chair / Pictures Of Matchstick Men /
The Price Of Love (1) / When My Mind Is Not Live / The Clown / When
I Awake / Sheila - Ice In The Sun / Mean Girl / Are You Growing
Tired Of My Love / Spicks And Specks / Technicolor Dreams / Green
Tambourine / Poor Old Man / Face Without A Soul.

SPANISH RELEASES

Singles

ICE IN THE SUN / Black Veils Of Melancholy (Pye H - 387)

RAILROAD (Parte I) / Railroad (Parte II) (Pye 10.973 - A)

GERDUNDULA (2) / Nanana (Pye 11.504 - A)

GERDUNDULA (2) / Nanana (Re-Issue) (PRT 00X-724)

MEAN GIRL / Tune To The Music (Pye 12.661 - A)

JUST TAKE ME / Break The Rules (Vertigo 60 59 104)

ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD / For You (Vertigo 60 59 184)

LIKE A GOOD GIRL / Someone Show Me Home (Vertigo 60 59 228)

ROCK N' ROLL / Lies (Vertigo 60 00 613)

NEVER TOO LATE / Carol (Vertigo 60 00 698)

JEALOUSY / Riverside (Vertigo 60 00 856)

THE QUO CAKE MIX (The Wanderer - Whatever You Want - Something 'Bout
You Baby I Like - Rain - Break The Rules - Rockin' All Over The
World - In The Army Now {Military Mix}) / Dreamin' (Wet Mix) - Long
Legged Girls (12") (Vertigo 888 735-1)

LIVING ON AN ISLAND / Whatever You Want (Re-Issue) (Vertigo 870
123-7)

Albums

PILEDRIVER (Vertigo 63 60 082) Different back sleeve.

HELLO! (Vertigo 63 60 098) Grey front sleeve.

QUO (Vertigo 63 60 106) Grey back sleeve.

ON THE LEVEL (Vertigo 63 60 117) Some copies showed the track
listing, on the sleeve (only), as below: Bye Bye Johnny / I Saw The
Light / Over And Done / Where I Am / Nightride - Down Down / Broken
Man / What To Do / Little Lady / Most Of The Time.

LIVE AT THE N.E.C. (Vertigo 818 947-1) Same as the Australian
release.

THE SINGLES COLLECTION ( Vertigo 834 076-1) Single album released in
1987. In The Army Now / What You're Proposing / Something 'Bout You
Baby I Like / Whatever You Want / The Wanderer / Living On An Island
- Rockin' All Over The World / Rock N' Roll / Down Down / Dear John
/ Break The Rules / Caroline (Live At The N.E.C.).

QUO (Vertigo 424 624-1 ) Re-issue with a different sleeve. Issued in
1990.

SWEDISH RELEASES

Albums

STATUS QUO Three album box set issued in 1979. 5,000 individually
numbered sets were made. The albums included where "Piledriver", "On
The Level" and "Rockin' All Over The World".

ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD (Scandinavian Music Club 15-5085) Ten
album box set issued in 1985. The albums included were "Piledriver",
"Hello!", "Rockin' All Over The World", "If You Can't Stand The
Heat", "Whatever You Want", "12 Gold Bars", "Just Supposin'", "Never Too Late",
"1+9+8+2" and "Back To Back".

THAI RELEASES

E.P.s

Dance To The Music (Sly & The Family Stone) - People Got To Be Free
(The Young Rascals) / 123 Red Light (1910 Fruitgum Co) - Pictures Of
Matchtsick Men (TK 245)

Only Yesterday (The Carpenters) - Streets Of London (Ralph McTell) /
Down Down - Do The Spunky Monky (Digby Richards) (Express EXP.077)

Rockin' All Over The World - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Santa
Esmerela) / Holidays In The Sun (Sex Pistols) - Boogie On Up (Rokotto)
(SP 1011)

PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN / Down The Dustpipe (Re-Issue) (PRT
6.14993)

TECHNICOLOR DREAMS / Spicks And Specks (Pye DV 14821)

RAILROAD (Part I) / Railroad (Part II) (Pye 10 973 AT)

MEAN GIRL / Tune To The Music (Pye 12 661 AT)

MYSTERY SONG / Drifting Away (edited version) (Vertigo 6059 146)

ROCKERS ROLLIN' / Hold You Back (Vertigo 6059 193)

ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD / Rain (Re-Issue) (Vertigo 6059 315)

JEALOUSY / I Love Rock And Roll (Vertigo 6000 856)

DREAMIN' / Rockin' All Over The World (Live) (Vertigo 888 309-7)

DREAMIN' / Rockin' All Over The World (Live) - Roll Over Lay Down
(Live) (12") (Vertigo 888 309-1)

Albums

PICTURESQUE MATCHSTICKABLE MESSAGES FROM THE STATUS QUO (Pye HTSLP
340054) Different back sleeve.

MA KELLY'S GREASY SPOON (Pye 80 880 IT) Included "Down The Dustpipe".

THE BEST OF STATUS QUO (Pye 88 015 ET) Different sleeve and included
the original version of "Gerdundula".

POP CHRONIK (Pye 87 099 XCT) Double album released in 1974. A double
album of this release was issued in 1976 with four artists each
having one L.P. side each (Ariola 27025-6). The Quo tracks were
Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Ice In The Sun / Down The Dustpipe /
Spinning Wheel Blues / In My Chair / Mean Girl / The Price Of Love
(1). Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Spicks And Specks / Green
Tambourine / Are You Growing Tired Of My Love / Ice In The Sun / The
Price Of Love (1) - Down The Dustpipe / Junior's Wailing / Lakky
Lady / Daughter / Is It Really Me? Gotta Go Home - Spinning Wheel
Blues / Shy Fly / Everything / In My Chair / Mean Girl - Umleitung /
Gerdundula (2) / Someone's Learning / Railroad.

THE STORY OF POP (Pye 28 640 ET) Single album released in 1977.
Pictures Of Matchstick Men / The Price Of Love (1) / Ice In The Sun
/ Down The Dustpipe / Gerdundula (2) / Spicks And Specks - Umleitung
/ Spinning Wheel Blues / Mean Girl / Tune To The Music / In My
Chair.

HIT-STATION (Marifon 296 035) Single album released in 1981. Ice In
The Sun / Umleitung / Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Black Veils Of
Melancholy / In My Chair / Green Tambourine - Mean Girl / Down The
Dustpipe / Are You Growing Tired Of My Love / Tune To The Music /
The Price Of Love (1) / Gerdundula (2).

LIVE AT THE N.E.C. (Vertigo 818 947-1) Same as the Australian
release.

HIT ALBUM (Polystar 830 901-1) Single album released in 1987. In The
Army Now / What You're Proposing / Rockin' All Over The World /
Don't Drive my Car / Rollin' Home (2) / Living On An Island / Lies /
Something 'Bout You Baby I Like - Whatever You Want / Break The
Rules / Down Down / Rock N' Roll / Roll Over Lay Down / Paper Plane
/ Dear John / Caroline (Live At The N.E.C.).

DIE GROSSEN ERFOLGE EINER SUPERGRUPPE (Vertigo 60 157 5) Single
album released in 1989. Running All Over The World / Caroline /
Whatever You Want / Rain / Rock N' Roll / Rollin' Home / Wild Side
Of Life - In The Army Now / Paper Plane / What You're Proposing /
Marguerita Time / The Wanderer / Down Down / Ol' Rag Blues / Rockin'
All Over The World.

YUGOSLAVIAN RELEASES

Album

1+9+8+2 (Philips 2221276) The 'XX' on the front cover was red.

ZIMBABWEAN RELEASES

Albums

IN THE ARMY NOW (Starl 5444) Different back sleeve.

MASTERS OF ROCK (Trutone SUL 3044) Single album released in 1986.
Same track listing as "12 Gold Bars Vol.1".